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On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
Keywords
new year's eve
film noir
Casts
Sydney Greenstreet
Jerome K. Arbutny
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Crystal Shackleford
Peter Lorre
Johnny West
Joan Lorring
Icey Crane
Robert Shayne
Bertram Fallon
Marjorie Riordan
Janet Elliott
Arthur Shields
Prosecutor
Rosalind Ivan
Lady Rhea Beladon
John Alvin
Junior Clerk
Peter Whitney
Timothy Delaney aka Gabby
Alan Napier
David Shackleford
Clifford Brooke
Senior Clerk
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Proctor
Norman Ainsley
Mr. Giesing (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Man on the Street (uncredited)
Benny Burt
Drunken Stranger (uncredited)
Woody Chambliss
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Pub Patron (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
Stockbroker (Voice) (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
Detective (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Magistrate (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Sir Robert (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
Donald Fry (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Police Inspector in Pub (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Prison Turnkey (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Alfred, Innkeeper / Bartender (uncredited)
Connie Leon
Flower Woman (uncredited)
Stanley Logan
'Major' George Alfred Beach (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Waiter (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Leo White
News Hawker (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Bailiff (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
Gillkie the Barrister (uncredited)
John Burton
Narrator (uncredited)
Tom Pilkington
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Stanley Mann
Newshawker (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Crews
Jean Negulesco
Director
John Huston
Screenplay
Howard Koch
Screenplay
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography
George Amy
Editor
Adolph Deutsch
Original Music Composer
Fredrik T. Nyquist
Technical Advisor
Jerome Moross
Orchestrator
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Murray Cutter
Orchestrator
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
George Gordon Nogle
Camera Operator
Paul Detlefsen
Matte Painter
Edwin B. DuPar
Special Effects
Robert G. Wayne
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gerald W. Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
C.A. Riggs
Sound
James McMahon
Assistant Director
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Clarence Steensen
Set Decoration
Max Parker
Supervising Art Director
Ted Smith
Art Direction
Eric Stacey
Unit Manager
William C. McGann
Special Effects
Eugene Joseff
Other
Charles David Forrest
Scoring Mixer
Clifford Brooke
Dialogue Coach
Backdrops & Posters
